Dual Voltage Dual LED 12v/off/7v Baybus

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Get out the Dremel again

Set the LED holders in the holes, and hold the project box up the faceplate. You will see that the project box takes up more room than the LED's allow. Use a pencil, and mark the area that needs to be cut out for the LED's to fit correctly. Get out the Dremel, or your tool of choice, and grind down the project box until it fits flush against the faceplate.

Once ya? have it fit correctly, place the LED's in the holders, and place the clips on. Take the project box, and put the switches through the holes on the faceplate, place the washers and nuts on, connect the LED cables…Voila.

Mission Accomplished

It's quite a feeling when you make something like this and it WORKS. Unless you have like 20-watt, 500cfm fans, you should be able attach all your fans to this thing.

I get a lot of questions about rheostats or dual voltage, and I always tell them I prefer rheostats over a dual voltage unit. I stick with this answer, even after having made several more dual voltage units. Rheostats are easier to setup, allow much more control over fans than the dual module. The only things I prefer about the dual system, is that they can use blue LED's to make it look a little cooler, and they don't take up as much room.

As with any mod, I hope you had fun during this project, and personnally, I had a few moments in which it was more frusterating than fun, so don't get discouraged if you screw up. I went through three project boxes on this one :)

I mentioned this in my last article, but I am thinking of producing rheostat and dual voltage Baybuses. I would like your feedback on this, as it is up to you guys. As always, you can email me at: cole_NOSPAM@directron.us (remove _NOSPAM manually) if you have problems, and be sure to check out the store while you're here. I received a TON of response from the Rheostat article, and I've thought about this, and if I can whip up a way to do these faster, this may be an avenue...either way, tell me what'cha think.

Here are some more pics..

Have a good one, let me know if you have any comments, questions, etc.

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